Thursday, September 30, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
New stuff!! it's like xmas in september
Got my new intercooler last week, it's a fancy Serck Services unit that I sourced over from the good old folks at www.TD5alive.com . It's the coarse fin type for primarily for offroad driving and I was slightly disappointed that there was no serck logo on the front like in the stock photo,but I was soon over that after the install.
I wasn't really expecting any difference in performance by installing it, but it has made a difference, albeit small, especially the lower rpm range, thereby making those dicey side road exits less likely.
I've got some other stuff with it as well, but I'll go into those details in a later post ;)
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Fuel pump install
Old pump out.... 
On a point of reference here that botchy looking pump body connection is not my work, that's the previous owner's doing.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Enter the VDO
yess! the fuel pump has arrived in the mail today. As mentioned before it's the solitary pump unit so needless to say I'll be in a race against myself to get it installed and get the td5 started. *Fingers crossed* Update soon to come
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Solihull!!, eat my shorts!
A-ha! great success! I've spent the weekend trying to remove the pump for a last ditch whack at making it work.
Needless to say it was totally shegged, and no amount of hammer to body could resurrect it. I have, however, discovered that the easiest way to remove the pump (i.e. on a high capacity defender) is to just remove the tray and the rest is easy.
The removal itself is fairly easy using this method, the locking ring is undone by whacking the notches with a hammer and chisel, then the pump body can be removed whole. In order to get at the nugget that resides within it's a bit more difficult, but not akin to rocket science, just be careful not to break any of the plastic tabs or lose the two springs, the hardest part is removing the ridiculous clips that secure the hoses, and by extension the pump, within the body. Vice versa for reassembly.
Some people may think this is a very convoluted method, but I, being a skinflint, chose it as replacement of the entire body can cost anywhere from $900BDS to $2200BDS (a hefty sum by any means) whereas, replacement of the pump alone weighs in at around $300 BDS.
Needless to say it was totally shegged, and no amount of hammer to body could resurrect it. I have, however, discovered that the easiest way to remove the pump (i.e. on a high capacity defender) is to just remove the tray and the rest is easy.
The removal itself is fairly easy using this method, the locking ring is undone by whacking the notches with a hammer and chisel, then the pump body can be removed whole. In order to get at the nugget that resides within it's a bit more difficult, but not akin to rocket science, just be careful not to break any of the plastic tabs or lose the two springs, the hardest part is removing the ridiculous clips that secure the hoses, and by extension the pump, within the body. Vice versa for reassembly.
Some people may think this is a very convoluted method, but I, being a skinflint, chose it as replacement of the entire body can cost anywhere from $900BDS to $2200BDS (a hefty sum by any means) whereas, replacement of the pump alone weighs in at around $300 BDS.
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